Download or read book Delaware River Reflections written by Will Daniel and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 250 photos, anecdotal text, and historical perspectives reveal the majesty and beauty of this vital East Coast water source. Explore hundreds of scenic locations from its beginning in the Catskill Mountains to its journey through the Delaware Bay and drainage into the Atlantic Ocean. Along its path, the Delaware touches the lives of millions of people in four states. Stand on the spot where the river begins in Hancock, New York; where George Washington and his army crossed the river in 1776 to defeat the Hessians at Trenton, New Jersey; where William Penn founded the colony that bears his name; and so much more. Visit one of the nation's premier national parks, the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area with its magnificent vistas, waterfalls, creeks, mountains, and valleys. See Center City Philadelphia and the river from the perspective of the city's tallest building.
Download or read book River Reflections written by Verne Huser and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-hundred-and-fifty years of river literature come together in this memorable collection.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Philosophical Society of the U S written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the American Philosophical Society Library written by American Philosophical Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Natural Lives Modern Times written by Bruce Stutz and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1998-07-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Delaware River flows out of New York's Catskill Mountains and winds its way through woodland and rural farmland, through the great Water Gap ravine, and finally past one of the world's most industrialized riverfronts. Yet it remains one of the country's last undammed rivers, with a natural life as rich and varied as its human history. In Natural Lives, Modern Times, Bruce Stutz has written a thoroughly modern natural history, blending keen observations of the nature of the Delaware's enduring complex of river, glacial streams, marshlands, and forest with glimpses of history and folklore and with luminous portraits of those whose lives are sustained by the river. The Delaware was the waterway of the nation's first mercantile, philosophical, scientific, cultural, and industrial heartland, hosting immigrants from Europe, Africa, and the Mediterranean, all looking for new lives along the ancient river. In this always entertaining and often haunting intertwining of human and natural history, Bruce Stutz discovers those who regret what has been lost and those passionate about preserving what remains. Most of all, however, he lets us see what's at stake in a wonderfully diverse world. Not since Mark Twain has anyone taken such a freewheeling river journey.
Download or read book Pea River Reflections written by Marion B. Bronson and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nine Ways to Cross a River written by Akiko Busch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Thoreau to Edward Abbey to Annie Dillard, American writers have looked at nature and described the sublime and transcendent. Now comes Akiko Busch, who finds multitudes of meaning in the practice of swimming across rivers. The notion that rivers divide us is old and venerated, but they also limn our identities and mark the passage of time; they anchor communities and connect one to another. And, in the hands of writer and swimmer Akiko Busch, they are living archives of human behavior and natural changes. After a transformative swim across the Hudson just before September 11, Busch undertook to explore eight of America's great waterways: the Hudson (twice), the Delaware, the Connecticut, the Susquehanna, the Monongahela, the Mississippi, the Ohio, and the Current. She observes each river's goings-on and reflects on its history (human and natural) and possible futures. Some of the rivers have rebounded from past industrial misuse; others still struggle with pollution and waste. The swims are also opportunities to muse on the ordinary passages faced by most of us-the death of a parent, raising children, becoming older-and the ways in which the rhythms and patterns of the natural world can offer reassurance, ballast and inspiration. A deeply moving exploration of the themes of renewal and reclamation at midlife, Nine Ways to Cross a River is a book to be treasured and given to friends.
Download or read book Delaware River Between Philadelphia and the Sea written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Philadelphia Reflections written by Colleen Lutz Clemens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the iconic landmarks of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell is the Philadelphia the locals know. The gritty waterfront district, the vital farming suburbs and the immigrant communities of Germantown and Kensington are all part of the hometown face of Philly. From the bustling streets of the downtown of today and yesteryear to the bingo halls of Allentown and the Middletown Grange Fair, this collection takes the reader on a nostalgic journey through the cityscapes and suburbs. Sixteen of Pennsylvanias finest creative nonfiction writers share their stories of taking SEPTA buses, riding the Wanamakers monorail and kayaking the Schuylkill. This collection of vignettes masterfully reveals the unforgettable histories and colorful traditions that make up the City of Neighborhoods.
Download or read book River Reflections written by Lorraine B. Bogardus and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Along the Delaware River written by Richard C. Albert and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Delaware River has been home to steamboats and canoes, swimmers and fishermen, and shipyards and factories for generations. Recreation and industry have long coexisted along its changing banks. Along the Delaware River presents the Delaware River corridor-from Hancock, New York, in the Catskill Mountains, to the mouth of the Delaware Bay-at the beginning of the twentieth century. Postcards, many nearly a hundred years old, are used to show a river system that both resembles and differs greatly from the one we know today.
Download or read book 8 Days on the Delaware River written by Paul M. Donovan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 8 days on the Delaware River: A Trip To Remember, is about a fishing and camping adventure complete by Author Paul Donovan and his fishing buddy Ray Labarre. The trip was talked about for about 18 years and finally occurred in May 2006. The 120 mile trip started in Hancock, NY and was to end at Kittatinny Beach in Delaware Water Gap, PA Rays 14 foot aluminum boat had taken us up and down the Delaware River many times over those 18 years, but generally in the National Park area in and above the Delaware Water Gap. This time, fully loaded for a week in the outdoors, we were venturing North in waters that are better suited for canoes. The eight-day adventure covered low rocky water situations as well as some rather fast scary rapids as we enjoyed fantastic sights along the scenic Upper and Middle Delaware Rivers areas. There was an emergency room visit, shopping for a new oar, naturally a few fishing stories and a truly unexpected 'boat ride' that kept us moving along. With some stories from past trips and the experiences of this trip all relayed day by day, chapter by chapter, you will enjoy. . . . . . . 8 Days on the Delaware River: A Trip To Remember.
Download or read book James River Reflections written by Will Daniel and published by Schiffer Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 250 photos and eloquent text reveal the majesty of Virginia's James River. Explore the river from its humble beginnings on private property to the point where it meets one of the nation's busiest seaports. See Class V rapids in the heart of Richmond as nowhere else in America. The text includes a final interview of country music legend Jimmy Dean, which took place a short time before his death, and whose estate and final resting place are on the James River. Read remarks from U.S. Senator Mark Warner and other government officials about the river's importance to Virginia. Learn the historical significance of this beautiful natural resource through anecdotal notes and period photographs.
Download or read book Reflection on America s Great Loop written by George Hospodar and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hospodars took a year-long "journey of a lifetime" circumnavigating the waterways of the eastern United States and Canada. Their journey takes them from Florida to New Jersey; through some of the Great Lakes; and from Chicago to Mobile along riverways.
Download or read book Bridges Across Delaware River at Wilmington Delaware written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bridges Across Delaware River at Wilmington Del Hearings S 1857 H R 7725 and H R 8287 Feb 6 and 7 1929 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
